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Archie Harrison is growing up, just not before our eyes! Meghan Markle and Prince Harry‘s son, who turned 1 in May has been “saying a few words” and is also getting “more active with his toys!” They grow up so fast… Related: Meg Reveals Her Personal Experience With Racism In Resurfaced […]

Kate Middleton isn’t backing down! As we previously shared, a report in Tatler about Kate Middleton being “trapped and exhausted” due to Megxit ruffled some royal feathers and was later dismissed as being riddled with “inaccuracies” by Kensington Palace. Legal action is now being taken against the mag after lawyers for the Duchess sent a letter requesting […]

Prince Harry is leaning on support across the pond as he continues to face “obstacles” in Los Angeles. Understandably, it’s been a rough few months for him and Meghan Markle, who relocated from Canada, and before that the UK, to California in late March at the start of the coronavirus […]

Meghan Markle is using her voice to address the next generation! While speaking to the graduating class of her alma mater, Immaculate Heart High School, during their virtual ceremony on Wednesday, the 38-year-old cited the incidents in Los Angeles over the last week, labeling them as “absolutely devastating.” Related: Meghan Looks […]

For the past couple years Meghan Markle hasn’t been allowed to speak out about anything political or controversial. And while all that has changed, so has her relationship with the media — and not for the better. So to get her honest take on what’s going on in America right now, […]

“So, I think for me, beyond being personally affected by racism,” Meghan’s segment of the video continues.

She says: “just to see the landscape of what our country is like right now — certainly the world — and to want things to be better.”

“Quite honestly, your race is part of what defines you,” Meghan shares.

She observes: “I think what shifts things is that the world really treats you based on how you look.”

“Certain people don’t look at me and see me as a black woman or a biracial woman,” Meghan explains of her experiences.

“They treat me differently, I think, than they would if they knew what I was mixed with,” she shares.

“And I think that that is, I don’t know, it can be a struggle as much as it can be a good thing,” Meghan admits.

She notes that this is “depending on the people that you’re dealing with.”

“Leaving L.A. was sort of like leaving this bubble,” Meghan admits in the video.

She recalls living in a bubble “where I was used to everything and had been exposed to everything.”

Everything, that is, “except for a close-mindedness that I experienced when I traveled outside of where I was from.”

While racism certainly exists in Los Angeles and in other cities, it can take more overt forms in some places than in others.

“And I think that in doing that,” Meghan reflects, “it just really opened my eyes to a mentality that still exists.”

It was a mentality “that I thought was backdated to the days of when my grandfather moved our family from Cleveland to L.A..”

“And,” Meghan describes, “they drove across the country and to stop to get food — whatever kind of place they were going to.”

“And they had to go around to the back to get food for the family,” she shares.

“You know, I thought that that was really isolated to those days that we were past,” Meghan admits.

“And,” she correctly points out, “sadly they’re not.”

Just because drinking fountains are no longer labeled separately doesn’t mean that people have equal experiences.

Generational inequality isn’t undone by lifting a few segregation laws. Look at Flint. Look at police violence against black Americans.

“I’m really proud of my heritage on both sides,” Meghan expresses.

She adds: I’m really proud of where I come from and where I’m going.”

At the time, she could not have guessed that one of the places where she was going would be the British royal family.

However, Meghan did very much have children on her mind at the time.

“But, yeah, I hope that by the time I have children,” Meghan expresses.

She says that she hopes “that people are even more openminded to how things are changing.”

“And,” she adds, “that having a mixed world is what it’s all about.”

“I mean, certainly, it makes it a lot more beautiful and a lot more interesting,” Meghan concludes.

That is a beautiful sentiment.

Unfortunately, British media gave her nonstop hell for being a black woman — without singling out her race — and part of the royal family.

The misery was so intense that she and Harry have stepped away from those royal duties and moved to the United States.

This past weekend’s courageous protests are evidence that, even in the face of appalling adversity, millions of Americans are still fighting for the change that Meghan wished to see back in 2012.

“Leaving L.A. was sort of like leaving this bubble where I was used to everything and had been exposed to everything except for a close-mindedness that I experienced when I traveled outside of where I was from,” she explained. “And I think that in doing that, it just really opened my eyes to a mentality that still exists that I thought was backdated to the days of when my grandfather moved our family from Cleveland to L.A. And they drove across the country and to stop to get food—whatever kind of place they were going to—and they had to go around to the back to get food for the family. You know, I thought that that was really isolated to those days that we were passed and, sadly they’re not.”

“I’m really proud of my heritage on both sides. I’m really proud of where I come from and where I’m going,” she shared. “But, yeah, I hope that by the time I have children that people are even more openminded to how things are changing and that having a mixed world is what it’s all about. I mean, certainly, it makes it a lot more beautiful and a lot more interesting.”

It’s almost hard to remember what the royal family was like pre-Meghan Markle, but Prince Harry‘s ex is here to remind you she’s still around! Cressida Bonas, who started dating the Duke of Sussex in 2012 after being introduced via his cousin Princess Eugenie, recently opened up about the “fear” […]

Meghan Markle is reportedly mad about a perceived double standard in how Kensington Palace treats its royal women… and she may be on to something! Last week, British society mag Tatler ran a cover story about Kate Middleton headlined “Catherine the Great.” Almost immediately, though, Prince William and the royal family took issue with […]

This isn’t a good look for Meghan Markle… As we previously shared, a profile in Tatler about Kate Middleton being “trapped and exhausted” due to Megxit ruffled some royal feathers, and was later dismissed as being filled with “inaccuracies” by Kensington Palace. Legal action is now potentially being taken against the mag, […]

Meghan Markle is continuing to give back during the coronavirus pandemic, this time to four-legged friends! As we’ve already seen, Meg and Prince Harry have been focused on their charity work since relocating to Los Angeles, and are continuing to do work developing their new project, Archewell. Related: Meghan Found The […]